Genera named after mythological figures

J.P. Euzéby: List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature

Genera named after mythological figures

The genera named after mythological figures are cited in the following table.

Genus names	Mythological figures
Acidianus	Ianus (or Janus), a god in Roman mythology, who is said to have had two faces.
Amphritea	Amphryte, a sea nymph (one of the fifty daughters of Nereus and Doris).
Breoghania	Breoghan, the first Celtic king of Gallaecia in Celtic mythology.
Chimaereicella	Chimaera, a mythological monster with the fore part a lion, in the hinder a serpent, and in the middle a goat).
Cronobacter	Cronos, one of the Titans of mythology who swallowed each of his children as soon as they were born.
Demetria	Demetria, a Greek female god of agriculture and wives.
Eionea	Eionea, a nymph of the sea.
Ekhidna	Ekhidna, a sea nymph-dragon of the Greek mythology producing slime.
Eudoraea	Eudora, a sea goddess in Greek mythology.
Gaiella	Gaia, Greek goddess of the earth.
Haliea	Halie, a sea nymph (one of the fifty daughters of Nereus and Doris).
Hellea	Helle, a sea goddess in Greek mythology.
Janibacter	Janus (or Ianus), a god in Roman mythology, who is said to have had two faces.
Melitea	Melite, a sea nymph (one of the fifty daughters of Nereus and Doris).
Methylogaea	Gaea, the mother goddess of the earth in Greek mythology.
Neptuniibacter	Neptunius, the Roman god of the sea.
Neptunomonas	Neptunius, the Roman god of the sea.
Nereida	A Nereid (sea nymphs named after their father, Nereus).
Nisaea	Nisaea, a sea nymph (one of the fifty daughters of Nereus and Doris).
Opitutus	Ops, a Roman Earth and harvest goddess.
Pandoraea	Pandora, referring to Pandora's box in Greek mythology, the origin of diseases of mankind.
Persephonella	Persephone, the Greek mythological goddess, who spent half of each year in the Underworld and the other half on Earth.
Pilimelia	Melia, a nymph loved by the river god Inachus.
Poseidonocella	Poseidon, God of the sea.
Proteus	Proteus, an ocean god able to change himself into different shapes.
Telluria	Tellus, a Roman goddess of the earth.
Thermoproteus	Proteus, a mythical figure able to assume different forms.
Vampirovibrio	A vampire.
Vulcanibacillus	Vulcanus, the Roman god of fire.
Vulcanisaeta	Vulcanus, the Roman god of fire.
Vulcanithermus	Vulcanus, the Roman god of fire.